After the recent opening of its first store in India, garment retailer giant H&M opened its first store in South Africa’s Cape Town. The store was inaugurated by H&M CEO Karl-Johan Persson and also present were H&M South Africa’s Country Manager Pär Darj and Store Managers Andries van den Berg and Peter Johannes. The store opened at the V&A Waterfront is a two-level store with an area of 4,700 square meter. The first person in line was gifted a R2,500 gift card, and the following 500 people received a R200 gift card each. The store will and will offer men’s, women’s, and children’s apparels and accessories as well as H&M Home. H&M will open the second store in Sandton City Mall in Johannesburg on November 7, 2015.
